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Army August 29, 2013
SPORT
www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews
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Basketballers strike Opals
John Martin
THE ADF men’s basket-
ball team was given a spe-
cial mission when it played
the Australian Opals at the
Australian Institute of Sport
on August 10.
The Opals had assembled
in Canberra to prepare for
their two upcoming games
against the New Zealand
Tall Ferns to decide which
team qualified for the wom-
en’s world championship in
Turkey next year.
The Opal coaching staff
wanted two things from the
ADF Basketball Association
(ADFBA) team, made up of
five RAAFies, three soldiers
and two sailors.
The Opals wanted help
preparing for the Kiwis, and
an opposition capable of play-
ing the kind of fast, powerful
game they’re anticipating from
the US at the world titles.
The Opals won 79-51,
thanks largely to Lauren
Jackson’s 30-point game
and a flurry of three-pointers
towards the end. But for most
of the game the margin was
within 10 points.
The ADF’s top scorer was
Sig Thomas Zerna with 16
points.
The other Army players
were OCdt Rhoderic Beer
and Cfn Zackary Gutteridge.
WO2 Bruce Ferguson was
coach.
The ADF team and the
Opals posed together for a
group photograph after the
game and one of the players,
Flt-Lt Garbett, said the feed-
back was good.
“They were very happy
with our intensity,” he said.
“They got to run all their
players. There were a lot of
talented players on court.”
Australia and the US have
a fierce basketball rivalry.
The US has won the world
championship eight out of
16 times. Australia won it
in 2006, but finished third
in 1998 and 2002. It also
took the bronze medal at the
Olympic Games last year
where the US won gold.
This time Australia, with
new head coach Brendan
Joyce, has high hopes.
In basketball-mad Turkey,
the world championship
games will be played in front
of thousands of fans.
About 150 people
watched the Opals-ADF
game on August 10. They
included ADF supporters,
members of the Australian
men’s Boomers squad,
who were also in camp
in Canberra, and junior
basketballers.
ADFBA president Lt-Col
Geoffrey Young said it was
an honour to be part of the
occasion.
“The side was selected
at short notice and through
the goodwill of the members’
chain of command,” he said.
Lt-Col Young will hand
over to Wg-Cdr Chris Robson
in September.
The ADFBA national
championships will be held
at Randwick Barracks from
November 15-23.
Footnote: Jackson continued her
dominance, scoring a two-game
total of 41 points to lead the Opals
to two wins against the New
Zealand team and qualification for
the world championships.
 ADF men sought for practice ahead of basketball test match
High score: Star
player for the Opals,
Lauren Jackson,
shoots a three-
pointer in a warm-
up game against
the ADF men’s
basketball team
at the Australian
Institute of Sport
in Canberra. Inset,
the two teams get
together for a photo
after the game.
Army footballers set for national titles
ARMY footballers are getting set
for trials and training camps ahead
of the Australian Defence Football
Federation (ADFF) national
championships in Sydney from
November 1-9.
The championships will be used
to select the over-35s, open male
and female ADF soccer squads.
Trials will be held to prepare
the best squads to compete against
Navy, Air Force, APS and New
Zealand Defence Force teams.
The trials will be held from
October 26-27, followed by the
camp from October 28-31.
The Army football trials for open
men, women and over 35s will be
conducted at Randwick Barracks,
Sydney and the national champion-
ships for all squads will be held at
Cromer Park in Manly, Sydney.
All trialists are to send an email to compe-
tition OIC WO1 David Bobbett at
david.bobbett@defence.gov.au confirming
their attendance by October 10.